As everyone is taking to the internet is the best platform for business, it is important to ensure that you are set up the right way if you plan to follow suit or perform an overhaul of your business identity or brand. The most important decision you can ever make that will resonate with your entire online existence is the name that you choose for yourself otherwise known as the domain name.
Your domain name is your identity which is what people use when they look for you online. It is also utilized in the creation of your email ID and drives all your branding and marketing efforts. It is thus important to ensure that you select the right domain name that sits well with your business and goals. Here are 10 Tips on how to find the Best Domain Name.
Your domain name must not require any effort in committing it to memory. A term that has been coined in this respect which best describes this is 'short and sweet'. You can only achieve this feat by keeping it short and catchy. The more letters you add to the name the further you get from a great choice.
In everything that you do in business, it is important to seek a separation from the rest of the players. It is only by setting up yourself as a unique player that you can build a culture around your operations. This is the same with your domain name which must be unique as to set you apart as a distinct entity not to be confused with any other.
You must desist from using copyrighted or trademarked phrases for your domain name. A number of free tools exist on the internet that can help you verify the originality of your domain name choices. Among the many available checkers, some of the commonly used include copyright.gov and the Patents and Trademark Office Checker. Never skip this step!
There are a number of domain name tools for free as well. These are well placed to help you in your search for name options as they can generate countless names based on a prepared list, keywords etc. some of the tools include Domain Groovy and Dot-o-mator.
Although the inclusion of a relevant keyword in your domain name no longer has any effect on your ranking, it still makes perfect sense as a way to make all your first time visitors aware of the nature of business that you are involved in.
Reputable URLs never feature numbers or punctuation such as hyphens. They are simply plain text which ensures that you don't suffer from traffic loss to other sites. The only exception to this practice must be if the name of your company includes a number. Most people searching for you company will simply input plain text which will result in the traffic being directed elsewhere.
It is a common occurrence to have a lot of possible meanings being derived from words that have been put together. There is no spacing when it comes to URLs so you need to make sure that everything still sounds right when put in the URL format.
There will always be a few other domains that sound too close to your own for comfort. Any person who purchases such domains will get all your lost traffic and may even scoop the majority of your clients. By buying such domains and using them for redirects yourself you will not only be protecting your business but also make sure that you get all the lost traffic that might be due to the presence of a slight error in the client's spelling. The cost of maintaining these domains is absolutely nothing compared to the investment that you have made in your business.
You must avoid the temptation to save an insignificant amount of money by going for a .net extension instead of the good old .com. there are special establishment that may require a .org or .biz extension but in general a .com will work well for you.
Your domain name should leave nothing to the imagination concerning your identity and business. Vague domain names might have an inconsequential advantage of giving you more traffic but you need to stay true to your real market.


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LPG (; an acronym for "Lovely Pretty Girls") was a South Korean girl group that debuted in 2005 under Chan2 Productions, inspired by the success of "semi-trot" singer Jang Yoon Jung. Their name showcases the fact that several of this group were pageant participants, with two of them having made it into the Miss Korea pageant. The group disbanded in 2016.

History

Debut
Their first album, Long Pretty Girls, was released in fall of 2005. Although most of the record consists of dance tracks, their first (and only) single from the album was called "캉캉 (Can Can)" a song performed in the "Can-can style". The novelty of the song brought them a lot of attention from the press, but neither the song nor the album were commercially popular. It has been referenced and parodied by many Korean variety shows, including SBS' X-Man and KBS' Star Golden Bell.

2006: Arm Pillow
Their second album was released at the end of September 2006, accompanied by a sexier image. The first single, "" (literally Arm Pillow), is quite different than "Can Can", having more of a Latin feel and a more rhythmic beat. Limited promotional activities were done, the album sold poorly, entering at number 33 on the Music Industry Association of Korea's monthly sales chart with 2,359 copies sold;

2007: Princess of the Sea and Winter Story
LPG released a single in the summer of 2007. Titled "바다의 공주" ("Princess of the Sea"), it is a remake of comedian Park Myung-soo's "바다의 왕자" ("Prince of the Sea"); the release contained both versions.

On December 13, 2007, LPG released a winter single, entitled "Winter Story". The first track, "스키장 가는 길" ("The Road to the Ski Hill"), was their first promotional single.

2008–2010: Member changes and Doorbell of Love
On March 19, 2008, it was announced that Hanyoung and Sooah would be leaving the group due to their individual projects; the management group said that new members would be chosen. In 2009 the band returned with new members.

In June 2010, Chani Music released a statement saying that DaEun had decided to leave the group to become an actress, and would be replaced by former A-Force member EunByul. Shortly afterwards, the group made their comeback with "Doorbell Of Love".

2011: I'm Sorry I'm A Noona, Angry and temporary hiatus
The group released their comeback song "I'm Sorry I'm A Noona" in January 2011, with the song being about a woman who laments the fact that the younger man she's interested in only sees her as a "noona", or older sister.

In February 2011, the group announced that they would be heading to Japan as enka singers (enka is a similar style of music to Korean trot). The statement read, "They've received love calls from three major Japanese distribution companies, which we are looking over now. We predict that finalization of details – such as their Japanese agency and album release – will be done as early as next month. We received a lot of contract offers due to the fact that there aren't any young enka singers like LPG in Japan, or for that matter, any enka singers made up into teams, so there's a high potential for success."

In March 2011, they released the single and music video for "Angry", the Korean version of Yolanda Be Cool's "We No Speak Americano".

On May 12, 2011, former member YoonAh released a solo single titled "I'll Forget You". The video contained a "love scene" that many people found controversial, resulting in the company releasing a statement, saying "We put the bed scene in to represent two lovers that are deeply in love with each other and having a heart fluttering night. Don't just look at that one part but rather the content in its whole."

2013: Comeback as a 9-member group and Hyo Nyeo Shi Dae

The group had a comeback in October of that year after a 2-year hiatus with mini album "효녀시대" (Romanized: "Hyo Nyeo Shi Dae"; English: "Filial Daughters' Generation") and new line-up. The new line-up consists of 9 members: Rahi, Rika, Lani, Jiwon, Yuju, Riwon, Songha, Jieun and Eunji (as known as Ahyul).

The group had their comeback stage on November 9 on Show Champion.

2015: Member changes and comeback as 4-member group with the single Slowpoke

After almost 2 years it was announced that the members Rahi, Rika, Lani, Yuju and Ahyul left the group. The remaining 4 members Jiwon, Jieun, Riwon and Songha were preparing to release a new song in August. The group made its comeback as a quartet releasing the song "Slowpoke" on August 15, 2015
.

2016: Jieun's departure and disbandment

In July 2016 Jieun left the group and the company and joined girlgroup  RaNia under the company DR Music. And in October 2016 the group had disbanded.

Past members

1st Generation

Yeonoh (연오)
Yoonah (윤아)

until March 2008

Hanyoung (한영)
Sooah (수아)

2nd Generation

Daeun (다은) (until June 2010)
Yumi (유미)
Semi (세미)
Gayoung (가영)
Suyun (수윤)
Eunbyul (은별)

3rd Generation

Rahee (라희)
Rika (리카)
Lani (라니)
Yuju (유주)
Ahyul (아율)
Jieun (지은) (until July 2016)

until disbanded

Jiwon (지원)
Songha (송하)
Riwon (리원)

Timeline

Discography

Albums
 Long Pretty Girls (2005)
 LPG2 (2006)
 Lucky Girl (2009)
 LPG – LPG The Special Album (2011)
 Filial Daughters' Generation (2013)

Singles
 "Princess of the Sea" (), released July 12, 2007
 "The Road to the Ski Hill" (), released December 13, 2007
 "Pow Pow" (), released December 16, 2013
 "Slowpoke" (), released September 10, 2015

Awards

References

South Korean girl groups
Trot groups
Musical groups established in 2005
2005 establishments in South Korea

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How to Write an Anthropology Essay? This page briefly situates anthropology as a discipline of study within the social sciences. It provides an introduction to the kinds of writing that you might encounter in your anthropology courses, describes some of the expectations that your instructors may have, and suggests some ways to approach your assignments. It also includes links to information on citation practices in anthropology and resources for writing anthropological research papers.
What Is Anthropology, And What Do Anthropologists Study?
Anthropology is the study of human groups and cultures, both past and present. Anthropology shares this focus on the study of human groups with other social science disciplines like political science, sociology, and economics. What makes anthropology unique is its commitment to examining claims about human 'nature' using a four-field approach. The four major subfields within anthropology are linguistic anthropology, socio-cultural anthropology (sometimes called ethnology), archaeology, and physical anthropology. Each of these subfields takes a different approach to the study of humans; together, they provide a holistic view. So, for example, physical anthropologists are interested in humans as an evolving biological species. Linguistic anthropologists are concerned with the physical and historical development of human language, as well as contemporary issues related to culture and language. Archaeologists examine human cultures of the past through systematic examinations of artifactual evidence. And cultural anthropologists study contemporary human groups or cultures.
What Kinds Of Writing Assignments Might I Encounter In My Anthropology Courses?
This is the type of assignment most often given in anthropology courses (and many other college courses). Your anthropology courses will often require you to evaluate how successfully or persuasively a particular anthropological theory addresses, explains, or illuminates a particular ethnographic or archaeological example. When your instructor tells you to "argue," "evaluate," or "assess," s/he is probably asking for some sort of critical essay. (For more help with deciphering your assignments, see the Writing Center handout on how to read an assignment.
Writing a "critical" essay does not mean focusing only on the most negative aspects of a particular reading or theory. Instead, a critical essay should evaluate or assess both the weaknesses and the merits of a given set of readings, theories, methods, or arguments.
Sample assignment: Assess the cultural evolutionary ideas of late 19th century anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan in terms of recent anthropological writings on globalization (select one recent author to compare with Morgan). What kinds of anthropological concerns or questions did Morgan have? What kinds of anthropological concerns underlie the current anthropological work on globalization that you have selected? And what assumptions, theoretical frameworks, and methodologies inform these questions or projects?
Another common type of research and writing activity in anthropology is the ethnographic assignment. Your anthropology instructor might expect you to engage in a semester-long ethnographic project or something shorter and less involved (for example, a two-week mini-ethnography).
So what is an ethnography? "Ethnography" means, literally, a portrait (graph) of a group of people (ethnos). An ethnography is a social, political, and/or historical portrait of a particular group of people or a particular situation or practice, at a particular period in time, and within a particular context or space. Ethnographies have traditionally been based on an anthropologist's long-term, firsthand research (called fieldwork) in the place and among the people or activities s/he is studying. If your instructor asks you to do an ethnographic project, that project will likely require some fieldwork.
Because they are so important to anthropological writing and because they may be an unfamiliar form for many writers, ethnographies will be described in more detail later in this handout.
Sample assignment: Spend two hours riding the transit bus. Take detailed notes on your observations, documenting the setting of your fieldwork, the time of day or night during which you observed and anything that you feel will help paint a picture of your experience. For example, how many people were on the bus? Which route was it? What time? How did the bus smell? What kinds of things did you see while you were riding? What did people do while riding? Where were people going? Did people talk? What did they say? What were people doing? Did anything happen that seemed unusual, ordinary, or interesting to you? Why? Write down any thoughts, self-reflections, and reactions you have during your two hours of fieldwork. At the end of your observation period, type up your field notes, including your personal thoughts (labeling them as such to separate them from your more descriptive notes). Then write a reflective response about your experience that answers this question: how is riding a bus about more than transportation?
In some assignments, you might be asked to evaluate the claims different researchers have made about the emergence and effects of particular human phenomena, such as the advantages of bipedalism, the origins of agriculture, or the appearance of human language. To complete these assignments, you must understand and evaluate the claims being made by the authors of the sources you are reading, as well as the fossil or material evidence used to support those claims. Fossil evidence might include things like carbon dated bone remains; material evidence might include things like stone tools or pottery shards. You will usually learn about these kinds of evidence by reviewing scholarly studies, course readings, and photographs, rather than by studying fossils and artifacts directly.
Sample assignment: The emergence of bipedalism (the ability to walk on two feet) is considered one of the most important adaptive shifts in the evolution of the human species, but its origins in space and time are debated. Using course materials and outside readings, examine three authors' hypotheses for the origins of bipedalism. Compare the supporting points (such as fossil evidence and experimental data) that each author uses to support his or her claims. Based on your examination of the claims and the supporting data being used, construct an argument for why you think bipedal locomotion emerged where and when it did.
How Should I Approach Anthropology Papers?
Writing an essay in anthropology is very similar to writing an argumentative essay in other disciplines. In most cases, the only difference is in the kind of evidence you use to support your argument. In an English essay, you might use textual evidence from novels or literary theory to support your claims; in an anthropology essay, you will most often be using textual evidence from ethnographies, artifactual evidence, or other support from anthropological theories to make your arguments.
Make sure that you understand what the prompt or question is asking you to do. It is a good idea to consult with your instructor or teaching assistant if the prompt is unclear to you. See our handouts on arguments and college writing for help understanding what many college instructors look for in a typical paper).
Review the materials that you will be writing with and about. One way to start is to set aside the readings or lecture notes that are not relevant to the argument you will make in your paper. This will help you focus on the most important arguments, issues, and behavioral and/or material data that you will be critically assessing. Once you have reviewed your evidence and course materials, you might decide to have a brainstorming session. Our handouts on reading in preparation for writing and brainstorming might be useful for you at this point.
Develop a working thesis and begin to organize your evidence (class lectures, texts, research materials) to support it. Our handouts on constructing thesis statements and paragraph development will help you generate a thesis and develop your ideas and arguments into clearly defined paragraphs.
What Is An Ethnography? What Is Ethnographic Evidence?
Many introductory anthropology courses involve reading and evaluating a particular kind of text called an ethnography. To understand and assess ethnographies, you will need to know what counts as ethnographic data or evidence.
Things said by informants (people who are being studied or interviewed). When you are trying to illustrate someone's point of view, it is very helpful to appeal to his or her own words. In addition to using verbatim excerpts taken from interviews, you can also paraphrase an informant's response to a particular question.
Observations and descriptions of events, human activities, behaviors, or situations.
Remember that "evidence" is not something that exists on its own. A fact or observation becomes evidence when it is clearly connected to an argument in order to support that argument. It is your job to help your reader understand the connection you are making: you must clearly explain why statements x, y, and z are evidence for a particular claim and why they are important to your overall claim or position.
In anthropology, as in other fields of study, it is very important that you cite the sources that you use to form and articulate your ideas. (Please refer to our handout on plagiarism for information on how to avoid plagiarizing). Anthropologists follow the Chicago Manual of Style when they document their sources. The basic rules for anthropological citation practices can be found in the AAA (American Anthropological Association) Style Guide. Note that anthropologists generally use in-text citations, rather than footnotes. This means that when you are using someone else's ideas (whether it's a word-for-word quote or something you have restated in your own words), you should include the author's last name and the date the source text was published in parentheses at the end of the sentence, like this: (Author 1983).
If your anthropology or archaeology instructor asks you to follow the style requirements of a particular academic journal, the journal's website should contain the information you will need to format your citations. Examples of such journals include The American Journal of Physical Anthropology and American Antiquity. If the style requirements for a particular journal are not explicitly stated, many instructors will be satisfied if you consistently use the citation style of your choice.


"We lie when we call them Gifts. A gift is something given freely, an act of love or friendship. We tell each other, and ourselves, that the power we pull from the Shadow was meant to be ours, that each time a spirit deigns to grant us a portion of its power then we're one step closer to salvation. It's funny. You wouldn't think we were such good liars."
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A fabulous fern and much sought after. Large fronds are erect and imposing, making perfect companions to Gunnera, Rheum and other large leafed plants.
Rarely available, a wonderful fern for wet soils. Best in a sheltered spot to reduce wind damage, its large fresh green fronds brighten up darker areas all year round.


The seasonally adjusted HSBC Markit Business Activity Index, based on a survey of around 400 firms, plunged in September to 49.8 -- its lowest reading since April 2009 -- and below the 50 mark which separates growth from contraction.
The index was at 53.8 in August.
"The slowdown in growth has continued to broaden with the service sector seeing a further slowdown in economic momentum," said Leif Eskesen, economist at HSBC.
Emerging economies like China and India that have been offshore hubs for companies in the west are feeling the pinch as growth in new business has slowed and the expectations index declined sharply in September.
Service providers were less sure about next year as worries over a festering debt crisis in Europe deepened coupled with a possibility of another recession in the United States.
The new business sub-index sank to a 28-month low of 51.6 in September, down from 54.9 in August. The weak expansion in new business -- the main cause of the stagnation in activity -- meant employment levels fell for a third consecutive month.
Despite harsh conditions firms were able to pass on rising input costs to customers, albeit at a slightly lower pace than in August.
Inflation accelerated to its highest in more than a year, up 9.78% in August from a year ago versus July's 9.22%, as commodity prices continued to go higher.
"Inflation pressures remain firmly in place," said Eskesen. "While both input prices and prices charged grew at a slower pace, they stayed high by historical standards."
"We are getting close to the end of the Reserve Bank of India's tightening cycle, but we are not quite there yet," he added.
With inflation at more than twice its comfort level and showing no signs of abating, the RBI is in an awkard position of fighting high prices with rate hikes and combating growth slowdown as global outlook worsens.
The central bank stunned investors last month with its 12th rate increase in 18 months but banks are reluctant to pass on the raise to borrowers fearing a higher probability of defaults.
Only two private banks, ING Vysya Bank Ltd. and Dhanalakshmi Bank, raised loan rates while others held tight after the RBI increased the repo rate to 8.25% in September.
A similar survey for manufacturers fell sharply last month to its lowest level since March 2009 with marked declines in output and new orders, data showed on Monday.


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MLISc (Gauhati) MCA (Sikkim Manipal) PGDLAN (Hyderabad) PhD (Gauhati)
Information Retrieval, Library Automation, Web based information Services; Bibliometrics, Scientometrics
Gauhati University, Guwahati, 781014
Email:- tilakdlis@gauhati.ac.in
About Dr. Tilak Hazarika
Service Career
Prior to join the present assignment, had served Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam as Information Scientist for 5 years (2007-2011) and Rain Forest Research Institute (Min of Env & Forests), Jorhat Assam for 9 years (1998-2006). Cleared UGC NET in the year 1998 and PhD in 2004 from Gauhati University. Title of the PhD thesis is Documentation works and services of Forestry literature in Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education (ICFRE).
PGDLAN (Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking) from University of Hyderabad (2006)
MCA from Sikkim Manipal University, Gangtok (2015).
Life member of, ALA (Assam Library Association), and IASLIC (Indian Association of Special Library and Information Centres).
At present there are four students pursuing PhD and progress of work in different stages.
A. Publications in Peer Reviewed Journal
1. Hazarika, T., Deka, D and Lahkar, N. Application of linear optimization in library management: a study with assignment problem, IASLIC Bulletin , 62 (2), 2017 (p. 107-113).[ISSN:0018-8441]
2. Kalita, D. and Hazarika, T. Web based Interactive Services in the University Libraries in Assam and perception library managers and users: a case study. ACLA Bulletin, 8, July 2016. (p. 10-20).[ISSN:2229-6492]
3. Hazarika, T, Sarma D and Sen BK. Scientometric portrait of Nayanananda Borthakur: a biometeorologist, Annals of Library and Information Studies, 57(1), 2010 (p.21-32). [ISSN: 0972-5423]
4. Hazarika, T. Documentation works and services of forestry literature: an experience in the library of RFRI, Jorhat, IASLIC Bulletin, 51 (2), 2006. (p.19-25). [ISSN:0018-8441]
5. Hazarika, T. Information use pattern of Indian Forestry Scientists: a bibliographic study, Annals of Library and Information Studies, 52 (2), 2005. (p.68-75). [ISSN: 0972-5423]
6. Hazarika, T, Goswami, K. and Das, P. Bibliometric analysis of Indian Forester: 1991-2000, IASLIC Bulletin, 48 (4), 2003. (p.213-223) [ISSN:0018-8441]
B. Publications in Conference Proceedings
1. Hazarika, T. Scientometric Profile of Seismology Research in India IN 1st International Conference on Transforming Library 2017: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Transforming Library held at Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar during July 8-10, 2017.
2. Goswami R. and Hazarika, T. Mapping Research Contributions of Assam University: A Scientometric Study IN Disruptive Innovations for Libraries: Adopt, Adapt and Evolve: Proceedings of the 10th Convention of PLANNER held at North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong during November, 9-11, 2016, Edited by Jagadish Arora (ISBN: ).
3. Hazarika, T. Baishya A and Goswami R. Use of Open Access Journals by Indian Scientists: A study through the Web of Science IN Roadmap to Usher in Knowledge Society : Proceedings of the IASLIC National Seminar 2014 held at Gauhati University during November 25-28, 2014, Edited by Amitabha Chatterjee and other published by Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University [ISSN: 0972 3668]
4. Goswami R. and Hazarika, T. Research Publication Trends of the Scientists of Tezpur University: A Scientometric Study IN Capacity Building in Library and Information Services: Proceedings of the 9th Convention of PLANNER held at Dibrugarh University during September 25-27, 2014 Edited by Jagadish Arora [ISBN: 978-93-81232-04-0]
5. Hazarika, T. Metadata approach in cross domain information retrieval IN North East India Library Network (NEILIBNET): Challenges and Opportunities : Proceedings of the National Seminar held at Gauhati University, during Oct 3-5, 2013 Edited by Narendra Lahkar and Sanjay Kr Singh, published by the Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University [ISBN: 978-81-908708-0-3]
6. Hazarika, T. Public Library Network in Assam: A Feasibility Study IN North East India Library Network (NEILIBNET): Challenges and Opportunities : Proceedings of the National Seminar held at Gauhati University, during Oct 3-5, 2013 Edited by Narendra Lahkar and Sanjay Kr Singh, published by the Department of Library and Information Science, Gauhati University [ISBN: 978-81-908708-0-3]
7. Hazarika, T. and Deka, D. Application of Operations Research in Planning CAS and SDI Services IN Library Management: New Trends and Issues: Proceedings of the National Conference on Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Library and Information Management, Organized by the Central Library, Tezpur University during Feb 14-15, 2014. Edited by Mukesh Saikia and Monawwer Eqbal, Published by Tezpur University [ISBN 987-93-83931-14-9]
8. Hazarika, T. Information Literary for Rural Development: Role of the Libraries, paper presented at the International Conference on Information Literacy in the Knowledge Society held at North-East Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, Organized by Department of Library and Information Science in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Social Science Research IICSSR) New Delhi, NEHU during March 8-9, 2014.
9. Hazarika, T. Electronic resources for scholarly use: some issues IN Open Access Journals: Its Usefulness in the College and University Libraries: Proceedings of the UGC Sponsored National Seminar organized by the Central Library, Rupahi College Nagaon, Assam during May 12-13, 2014 [ISBN: 978-81-202-8837-9]
10. Hazarika, T. Web 2.0 and Library 2.0: A survey of the University Libraries in NE India IN Building Participatory Library Services in Digital Era: Proceedings of the 8th Convention of PLANNER 2012 held at Sikkim University, Sikkim during March 01-03, 2012, pp. 125-137. Editor in chief Jagadish Arora [ISBN: 978-93-81232-02-6]
11. Barman B, Brahma DC and Hazarika, T. Reading Habit of PhD Scholars: a study with reference to the Scholars in the faculty of Science & Technology in Gauhati University, National Seminar on Creation of Reading Habit in the Society held at Gauhati Commerce College, Guwahati during 18-19 May, 2012.
12. Hazarika, T, Sarma B and Gohain, A. Impact of library collection towards doctoral studies: a case study on citation analysis of PhD dissertations in the school of science & technology in Tezpur University IN Re-engineering of Library and Information Services in Digital Era: Proceedings of the 7th convention of PLANNER held at Tezpur University, Tezpur during 18th - 20th February, 2010 (pp. 319-337).[ISBN: 978-81-902079-9-7]
13. Hazarika, T. North East India Library Network (NEILIBNET): the gateway for harnessing LIS services in NE India. IN Digitization and Networking of Library and Information Centres in North East India: Proceedings of the national seminar held in Gauhati University, Guwahati, January 9-10, 2009. (pp.466-473). [ISBN: 978-81-908708-0-1]
14. Hazarika, T. Information exchange of library holding of the universities of North Eastern Region: state of the art practices. IN Library as a Global Information Hub: Perspectives and Challenges: Proceedings of the 5th convention of PLANNER held at Gauhati University, Guwahati, December 7-8, 2007.(pp.132-141).[978-81-902079-5-9].
15. Hazarika, T. Training modules for rural library personnel: an outline IN Problems and Prospects Rural Libraries With Reference to NE India: Proceedings of the National Seminar held at Gauhati University, Guwahati, March 27-28, 2007., (pp.169-180).
16. Hazarika, T. Information inputs for rural development in agriculture & forest services: an assessment IN Information Support for Rural Development: Proceedings of the XXI IASLIC National Seminar held at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, December 31, 2004 to January 3, 2005.(pp.303-310). [ISSN:0972-3668]
17. Hazarika, T. Role of media in` harnessing sustainable management of environment and forests in NE India IN Social Role Media and Building up of a National Information Resource Centre -Cum-Archive for the North East: Proceedings of the national seminar held at Guwahati, September 21-22, 2004.(pp.47-55).
18. Hazarika, T. and Barua, SR. Consortium based subscription to E-journals: a test for the viability in the city of Jorhat, Assam. IN Library Automation and Networking in North -Eastern Region: Challenges and Opportunities: Proceedings of the 1st PLANNER held at NEHU, Shillong, November 6-7, 2003.(pp.(pp.319-323) [ISBN: 978-81-98708-0-1].
19. Hazarika, T. Authorship trend and solo vs. team research in forestry literature: a bibliometric study. Presented at the 12th Conference and Seminar of Assam Library Association, Aug 11-12, 2003, District Library, Guwahati.
C. Publications in Workshop Proceedings
1. Hazarika, T. Regional library consortia in North East India: some issues IN Prospects of consortia for North East India libraries: Proceedings of the national workshop held at Gauhati University during March 17-18, 2016. (pp. 41-49).
D. Publications in Book Chapter
1. Hazarika, T. Planning and management issues in digital library IN Digital Library: Issues, Challenges & Opportunities: Vishakhapatnam, Global Publishing House, 2016. (pp.39-46), edited by Gitika Das.[ 978-81-908708-0-5].
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Radio art had a special meaning to those who created it in the US during the Eighties and Nineties. From the most complex hi-tech studio productions to the raw energy of live and interactive broadcasts, these artists were predominantly engaged with subverting media conventions by presenting something other than familiar radio forms.
Thus while the work might use journalistic devices or dramatic conventions, it was neither journalism, nor drama; it wasn't music either though it might be composed entirely of non-textual sound. American radio art was a vast array of different forms that recognised radio's distinct means and parameters, and at the same time, its creative possibilities, how it might challenge existing social and cultural norms and create/fashion new ones.
In the mid 1980s, when I started New American Radio, a weekly series of half-hour radio art programmes by artists for American public radio, there was a stranglehold on channels of distribution; most people, and certainly most artists, were excluded from radio production, just as we were excluded from book publishing and music distribution. Across the US, Europe and the Pacific a handful of great radio programmes focused on radio art and experimental music – The Listening Room in Australia, for instance; Kunstradio in Austria; the Pacifica stations in the US. These, however, were the only places that sound artists could enter broadcasting and take advantage of radio's mass distribution. And those of us who produced the programming for them, whether we liked it or not, were gatekeepers. There was no such thing as open access.
The radio scene has changed. Broadcast radio is shrinking under the flood of new technologies. And, as a friend recently remarked, 'radio art as such seems to have vanished.'[iii] Or has it?
Still it was our blog, Networked_Performance,[iv] launched in July 2004, that brought home the truth of the radical changes taking place as a result of the Internet and its spawn of new technologies. In 2004 the blog entries archived the practice made possible by the ready availability of inexpensive portable devices – wireless, mobile phones, PDAs, GPS cards, Bluetooth, and others. Computation was leaving the desktop and migrating to the street. It would now be carried in the hand, worn on the body, or embedded in devices and in the environment.
Further we observed that the work was being produced by a growing generation of programming capable artists, artistically minded engineers, architects, academics, and others – many of whom did not identify as artists – all repurposing objects from the everyday world, embedding unfamiliar functions in them.
A boxing bag plays meditative tones when struck; an American semi-tropical climbing Philodendron functions as an instrument in a musical ensemble; a park bench moves and sings; a goblet lights up when a distant friend or lover drinks from it; a wall is so sensitive to human presence that touching it sends resonant vibrations through the bodies of the room's occupants; a darkened room responds to the aggregate breathing of its inhabitants and the lights rise, illuminating the space.
As mobile technologies became more readily available, those interested in transmission ideas and broadcast tools began to take radio out of the studio: In Soundpocket 2, a huge oak tree, a sculpture, and a small pond served as local radio stations, transmitting internet radio streams; Radio Cycle broadcast stories, news and sounds directly onto the streets via teams of radio-carrying cyclists. CUT-n-PASTE, an Amsterdam women's artist group, connected its listeners with a number of personalities in Amsterdam's nightlife, transmitting their lives by the permanent open mike of their mobile phones to audiences via radio, the internet or into a performance venue. For eight days in September 2007, The FM Ferry Experiment, transformed the Staten Island Ferry into a floating radio station, broadcasting to the NYC region as it continuously traveled between Staten Island and Lower Manhattan. Mobile Radio, Sarah Washington and Knut Aufermann's travelling radio and sound-art project was initiated, its mission, to seek out new forms of radio art by taking radio production out of the studio environment.
Some of these radio projects broadcast alternative content; some did not. All removed radio production from its original source in the broadcast organisation's studio and put it in the hands of artists and other creative people.
While the issue of everyday sound's inclusion in the musical repertoire was settled by composers some time ago, it is only recently that we have seen sound-based artistic work flourish, with manifestations ranging from field recordings and sound tools, to immersive installations and computer games.
This rapid and diverse development is particularly evident in the emerging field of sonification. Data sonification – as described by Wikipedia – has long been viewed as a valuable tool for studying complex sets of scientific data by allowing researchers to perceive variations and trends invisible to other analysing techniques; it has not been used extensively by artists until recently. Today, however, sound compositions created by the translation of data to sound are legion.
In August 2007, for instance, composer Chris Chafe let five vats of different varieties of tomatoes from his garden ripen to perfection. He and his collaborator Nikolaos Hanselmann recorded the ripening process by tracking the changes in CO2 that the ripening produces. Music was generated in real time by computer algorithms influenced by CO2, temperature and light readings from sensors in each vat. After the ripening, time was speeded up and a stand-alone computer music piece, Tomato Music was created. Tomato Music is then a sonification of seven days of ripening that takes place in the course of 49 minutes.
In an earlier work by Miya Masaoka, Pieces for Plants, a semi-tropical climbing Philodendron's real-time responses to its physical environment were sonified or translated to sound by means of highly sensitive electrodes attached to the leaves of the plant. A human, the so-called 'plant player' worked with scored movements – proximity, and touch – to stimulate physiological responses in the plant. The 'plant player's' interactions with the plant were then expressed in sound via midi and synthesiser.
German composer Frank Halbig used ice-core data – collected by the European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica – to create Antarktica: a climatic time-travel, a concert for string quartet, live electronics and video, performed in 2006.
In 2004, Andrea Polli, a digital media artist living in New York City, sonified the summer heat in Central Park.
DJ Spooky's most recent large-scale multimedia performance work is Nova: The Antarctica Suite, an acoustic portrait in which every sound is made from the sound of ice (environmental, geological, magnetic, atmospheric etc).
The list goes on and includes many projects where the focus is on sounds in our environment that are undetectable by the human ear: the sound of naturally occurring emissions such as radio signals created by the planet itself;[v] sounds intercepted from space; sounds of clouds – their size, moisture content transformed into musical sequences.
Still other works use the sounds of objects in our environment to create compositions.
In Music for Rocks and Water by Cheryl Leonard, performers play water and a variety of rocks which are 'dripped, drizzled, poured, rolled, rocked, brushed, rubbed, stacked and even tickled'; sometimes they are played underwater.
Peter Traub's ItSpace makes use of the sounds of household objects to shape a series of short compositions.
People latch onto a sound's perceived origin – they recognise it; they remember; and their memories fill the experience of hearing it again. These references bring the work close to daily life. They shape something we might call an interaction with the world around us, an experience of being in the world.
For many of us the flourishing of sound art is most welcome, signalling that the hegemony of vision may not be forever and that this enhancement of our sensorial experience will bring with it a deeper understanding of our relation, not just to one another but to the world we inhabit and all things in it, and therefore a richer experience of ourselves as perceiving subjects.
From my perspective, we can look on this as one of the true positives that the re-distribution of power across society and geography is making possible.
It combines the addictive diversion of a casual game, the free expression of music, and the fun of participating in an active social network.
Free, fun, participatory, social spaces are fast becoming the next broadcasters (or perhaps narrow-casters). Activated by them, otherwise passive audiences are making new friends, composing and playing music, uploading videos and photographs, talking, sharing, exchanging, and perhaps most significantly, publishing and distributing themselves.
… fully interactive, fully-share-enabled, full-length-tracks, will become a default setting on the social networks…. regardless of the record industry's 'permission-denied' tendencies….
Access and participation define internet activity today. The nexus of experimental activity in radio has shifted and because it has, it has opened doors for thousands whose voices were silent before, and brought with it the possibility of a creative practice that, as Sodeoka hoped for his i#44, Net Pirate Number Station, lets us see our world in a new way.
[iv] http://turbulence.org/blog initiated by Jo-Anne Green, co-director of New Radio and Performing Arts and the Turbulence website; Michelle Riel, Associate Professor of New Media at California State University at Monterey Bay – and myself.
[viii] As Don Tapscott said in his book Wikinomics: In 2006, successful companies launched open access platforms while the losers built walled gardens.
[ix] Artists are becoming increasingly involved in large infrastructure issues There are, for instance,wastewater treatment systems designed by artists in park areas, such as the work of Jackie Brookner.
[x] Media futurist and author , Gerd Leonard on his blog, 3September 2007.
[xi] Retrieved from http://www.mediafuturist.com/2008/04/future-stories.html Future Stories #1 (8 April 2008) Blogs will be Record Labels, and Bloggers will be the new Music Moguls. BlogJs anyone?


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strength of the enemy or the intention of this movement.
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ADDITIONAI. PROTECTION TO TIIE POSTAL REVENUE.
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BELDING, William, age 71 yrs., July 8, 1847.
BRADLEY, Julia, age 5 yrs., Aug. 19, 1847.
BREES, Jeremiah, age 61 yrs., Apr. 29, 1847.
COLE, Human F., age 74 yrs., June 3, 1847.
CONKLIN, Henry, age 64 yrs., Nov. 5, 1847.
CONKLIN, Lois Ann, age 28 yrs., Nov. 30, 1847.
CURTIS, Phebe, age 57 yrs., Oct. 13, 1847.
DIBBLE, Esbon G., age 2 yrs., Aug. 30, 1847.
DUBOIS, Flora, age 46 yrs., Nov. 29, 1847.
GOODRICH, Sabra, age 65 yrs., Mar. 15, 1847.
HOWLAND, Lorye, June 23, 1847.
HUTCHINSON, Mary, age 99 yrs., Apr. 9, 1847.
LAURENCE, James B., age 11 yrs., Apr. 20, 1847.
LIVINGSTON, Robert, age 7 yrs., Sept. 1, 1847.
LOVE, Phebe, age 62 yrs., May 29, 1847.
MAIN, Lucy, age 90 yrs., May 27, 1847.
NOBLE, Martha Elizabeth, Apr. 5, 1847.
NOSTRANDER, Mary, age 12 yrs., Apr. 1, 1847.
PHELPS, Tertius B., age 1 yr., Sept. 13, 1847.
RHOADS, Martha C., age 2 yrs., Sept. 12, 1847.
ROCKAFELLER, Frances, age 1 yr. 9 mos., Apr. 18, 1847.
ROSEKRANS, Clarrissa, age 16 yrs., Aug. 15, 1847.
SABIN, George, Aug. 31, 1847.
SABIN, Jeremiah, age 75 yrs., Mar. 5, 1847.
SLOCUM, Viletta, age 50 yrs., Mar. 3, 1847.
STODDARD, Mrs. Elizabeth, age 49 yrs., July 4, 1847.
STOEL, Stephen A., age 7 yrs., Jan. 9, 1847.
VAN ORSDOL, Thomas Benton, age 6 mos., June 6, 1847.
WINSLOW, William, age 56 yrs., May 6, 1847.
BARTLETT, Charity E., age 6 yrs., Jan. 3, 1848.
BRIMAMAID, Polly, age 62 yrs., Mar. 15, 1848.
DUNHAM, Rebecca, age 41 yrs., July 26, 1848.
GOODRIDGE, Willard, age 40 yrs., Dec. 28, 1848.
HALL, John, age 17 yrs., Apr. 4, 1848.
HALL, William, age 25 yrs., Sept. 8, 1848.
LOOMIS, Wright, age 12 yrs., Dec. 29, 1848.
ROBINSON, William, Sept. 8, 1848.
ROSEKRANS, Martin, age 6 yrs. 9 mos., Dec. 4, 1848.
WILCOX, Orrin, age 1 yr. 4 mos., May 24, 1848.
WILSON, Margaret, age 26 yrs., Dec. 6, 1848.
BELDING, Prissilla, age 67 yrs., July 7, 1849.
BRADBURY, Eliza, age 17 yrs., Dec. 25, 1849.
BRADBURY, George, age 49 yrs., Apr. 24, 1849.
BROWN, Daniel, age 51 yrs., Aug. 3, 1849.
CARD, Dorcas, age 90 yrs., Apr. 30, 1849.
CONKLIN, John Henry, age 7 yrs. 6 mos., Oct. 21, 1849.
CRIPPIN, Lucy, age 28 yrs., Nov. 3, 1849.
DENNIS, Catherine, age 77 yrs., Apr. 23, 1849.
DEPUY, Helen, age 1 yr., Sept. 5, 1849.
FREMAIN, Rebecca, age 83 yrs., Apr. 16, 1849.
GOODELL, Peter, age 3 yrs., May 20, 1849.
GOODRICH, Lydia Almira, age 41 yrs., Jan. 6, 1849.
GREER, Laura, age 42 yrs., May 1, 1849.
JEWETT, Matilda C., age 24 yrs., May 17, 1849.
KELLOGG, Caroline, age 22 yrs., Nov., 1849.
LOOMIS, Mariah, age 47 yrs., Jan. 10, 1849.
REED, Mrs., age 64 yrs., Apr. 23, 1849.
ROYCE, Abigail B., age 27 yrs., Feb. 16, 1849.
ROYCE, Abigail, age 26 yrs., Feb. 15, 1849.
SABIM, Margaret, age 27 yrs., Apr. 13, 1849.
SABIN, Mary, age 6 yrs., May 4, 1849.
TINKER, Joseph, age 82 yrs., Jan. 15, 1849.
TINKER, Lorenzo, age 36 yrs., Nov. 7, 1849.
VAN ARSDOLL, Eugene M., age 1 yr., June 10, 1849.
VAN ARSDOLL, Martin F., age 8 yrs., Sept. 18, 1849.
WARREN, Charles, age 15 yrs., June, 1849.


EMERSON, Ga. – The University of Maine baseball team fell, 7-5, in the first game of a doubleheader with Ohio University on Saturday at the LakePoint Facility.
A rough first half inning – three runs on two hits and two errors against a Maine defense acting as the home team in the first game of the day – sent the Black Bears into the first at-bats against Michael Klein with a three-run deficit.
The team began to chip away immediately, grabbing a run back in the bottom of the first on a sacrifice fly – with Jeremy Pena scoring on Christopher Bec's sacrifice fly to right field – and taking another one back to score in the second when Brandon Vicens scored on a Caleb Kerbs single to left field. Yet Ohio got a double in the third to drive in a fourth run and the Bobcats continued to answer each of Maine's responses.
With two outs and runners on second and third, Nick Silva took over for starter Eddie Emerson on the mound. The Bobcats added one more run on an infield single from Ryan Sargent in the inning to take a 5-2 lead but in Maine's turn at the plate, Hernen Sardinas doubed to center and then score on a Jonathan Bennett single to make it it a two-run game.
A home run from Rudy Rott in the gave Ohio a 6-3 lead in the top of the fourth but – in keeping with the game one theme – the Black Bears didn't back down. Kerbs had two timely hits in the sixth and eighth innings to keep it a game. First his single drove in a run to make it 6-4 and then he used a double to left field in the eighth to make it 6-5 as the teams headed into the ninth.
But back-to-back doubles from the Bobcats allowed Rott to cross the plate and make it a 7-5 that would hold through Maine's final at-bat.
Silva took the loss for Maine, pitching 5.1 innings while allowing four runs on eight hits but striking out seven. Starter Eddie Emerson went 1.2 innings, allowing two runs and striking out two while Cody Laweryson pitched two innings, allowing one run and striking out three. Kerbs finished with three hits and three RBIs while Bec and Bennett each had two hits and one RBI. Jeremy Pena, Cody Pasic, Hernen Sardinas, Brandon Vicens and Colin Ridley added hits for the Black Bears.


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Aunty Lucy's Burgers Drops Capsule Collection Featuring Jazz Cartier
Aunty Lucy's Burgers, one of our Best New Canadian Restaurants of 2020, already have the food thing down pat. Now, they're making a foray into fashion too. The Ghanaian-inspired Toronto fast food joint just released a limited-edition capsule collection consisting of 100 T-shirts (in black and cream) and heavy-duty tote bags. The lookbook for the drop features Juno Award-winning rapper Jazz Cartier and was shot by Darren Xu.
"We see Aunty Lucy's as a lifestyle, rooted in food but also in music via our playlists, and now an extension of our style clothing-wise," says owner Chieff Bosompra. "This first capsule was meant to be simple, tasteful with a focus on quality garments, which were sourced internationally as well as locally."
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Help West Indies Botanicals Ltd. reach its prospective goals!
West Indies Botanicals Ltd. seeks to address the rising levels of communicable diseases and poor nutritional intake experienced by many in today's changing global atmosphere.
The company aims to accomplish its vision through the large-scale production of indigenous Caribbean superfood and nutraceutical products in the Caribbean rather than just being mere exporters of raw materials for big Health & Wellness manufacturers who would process, brand, and resell these products to the islands at a much higher rate.
By contributing to this worthy cause, you help to empower West Indies Botanicals Ltd. to deliver high-quality products and services that may provide great benefits for nutrition and immune system health. Additionally, you stand the chance of earning rewards from the incentives offered based on different rankings when you make a financial contribution. Please see the full campaign to learn how you can become an early mover in helping West Indies Botanicals Ltd. to achieve its prospective goals
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West Indies Botanicals Ltd. is a startup Caribbean Health and Wellness company seeking to address the rising levels of communicable diseases and poor nutritional intake experienced by many in today's changing global atmosphere. The Caribbean is home to over one hundred and eighteen (118) medicinal plants and superfoods, including: sea moss, moringa, soursop, and a wider scope of other well-known plants that have been hailed for their great nutritional benefits. Operating from this tropical region, West Indies Botanicals Ltd. is poised to take advantage of its access to these highly valuable natural resources for processing into more lucrative forms and satisfying the growing demands for natural products that promote good health and well-being. It is interesting to note that, as the World Health Organization defines "health" as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, West Indies Botanicals Limited aligns its trade, taking into account, each state of health. Registration of the company took place on February 12, 2021, with recent acquisition of limited liability status on September 7, 2022. The CEO and Founder of West Indies Botanicals Limited, Nathaniel H. Williams, credits the idea of formulating a company of this nature after discontinuing pre-medical school due to financial adversity from the COV-ID19 pandemic forcing him into full-swing entrepreneurship. Fortunately, in December of 2020, Nathaniel Williams began training as a Nutritionist with a local healthcare food store prior to enrolling in pre-meds. This experience provided him with immense knowledge on nutrition, and the opportunity to learn about the dietary products highly demanded by consumers at the start of the pandemic for improving immune system function. It is evident that this newly found knowledge coupled with research of market demands, is a robust influence in the creation of West Indies Botanicals Limited. It is the utilization of natural plant resources of Caribbean soil, which makes this project distinctive and competitive in nature, rather than just being mere exporters of raw materials for big Health & Wellness manufacturers who would process, brand, and resell these products to the islands at a much higher rate. The company has built a solid management team and its partners include Mr. Wilfred Jarvis as Product Safety & Development Advisor, and Mr. Jojo Instiful, as Communication Specialist & Advisor. Mr. Williams (CEO) states that some difficulties in operating the start-up include: the limitation of organic outreach via social media platforms in favor of paid ads, and low accessibility to local crowdfunding and unsecured financing or line of credit for start-up entrepreneurs on island. The low availability of raw materials, high courier/tax fees associated with imports, along with lack of payment gateway for online Caribbean businesses (especially in Antigua), are also the most impactful challenges facing the company. Nonetheless, all partners stand ready to remedy.
Objectives/Future Road Map
West Indies Botanicals seek to pioneer large-scale production of superfood and nutraceutical products, in the Caribbean rather. In light of this, West Indies Botanicals Limited aims to raise donations of US Dollars (USD) 1,300,000 through its crowdfunding campaign with Real Helping Hands. Nevertheless, the total amount required by the company to meet the capital requirements of its seed round is USD 11,557,647. All monetary contributions received will go towards achieving the following objectives:
Construction of a sustainable processing facility and warehouse powered by renewable energy.
Obtain quality assurance certification by ISO, GMP and HACCP, for compliance and boosting exportation.
Improve the company's website and digital market strategies.
Purchase agro-processing equipment.
Network-building of relationships with local and regional manufacturers, suppliers and distributors.
Establish regional and international export markets.
Invest in assets for product distribution.
Conduct product development.
We ask that you connect with us at:
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We offer the following incentives to our Supporters:
Bronze Supporter (contributions of $5 to $500): As a Bronze Supporter, you will receive a digital thank-you note and a shoutout on the social media pages (optional if you choose to remain anonymous) of West Indies Botanicals Ltd.
Silver Supporter (contributions of $501 to $1,500): As a Silver Supporter, you will receive all the incentives of the previous rank, as well as free merchandise such as t-shirts and cups from the company.
Gold Supporter (contributions of $1,501 to $5,000): As a Gold Supporter, you will receive all the incentives of the previous rank, as well as free samples of the physical products with your name listed on these sample products for your contribution.
Platinum Supporter (contributions of $5,001 to $10,000): As a Platinum Supporter, you will receive all the incentives of the previous rank, as well as a free digital products: eBooks and exclusive content.
Diamond Supporter (contributions of $10,001 to $150,000): As a VIP Supporter, you will receive all the incentives of the previous ranks, as well as the opportunity to meet the team, see the operations of the company, provide feedback on the final product or design, and discuss potential equity investments.
Champion Supporter (contributions of $150,001 or more): As a Champion Supporter, you will receive all the incentives of the previous ranks, as well as a 3-day all-inclusive stay at a 3-star hotel on the island of Antigua (determined by the company) and an island tour. Please note that Champion Supporters will be required to handle their own travel fees.
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We are grateful for your support and are excited to bring our project to fruition with your help. Please remember to share this campaign. Thanks in advance for your support.
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Fauci says U.S. coronavirus cases are surging because nation didn't shut down
Home Financial news Fauci says U.S. coronavirus cases are surging because nation didn't shut down
White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said the United States is seeing a surge in new Covid-19 infections because the country never shut down entirely.
Early in the outbreak, U.S. coronavirus cases peaked at around 30,000 new cases a day before falling and plateauing at roughly 20,000 new cases per day, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. As some states began to reopen in late April through June, new cases began to surge, Fauci told Stanford Medicine Dean Dr. Lloyd Minor during an interview.
"We did not shut down entirely," Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said. "We need to draw back a few yards and say, 'OK, we can't stay shut down forever.' …You've got to shut down but then you've got to gradually open."
The U.S. has reported more than 3.3 million Covid-19 cases and at least 135,205 deaths as of Monday, Johns Hopkins data shows. As of Sunday, cases are growing by 5% or more in 37 states and also Washington, D.C., according to CNBC's analysis of the data. The seven-day average of U.S. cases is more than 59,100.
In recent weeks, President Donald Trump and some state leaders have downplayed the threat of the virus, tying the surge in new cases to an increase in testing. However, public health officials and infectious disease experts dispute those claims, saying the rate of cases that test positive in the U.S., hospitalizations and deaths remain high in some states.
Fauci said Monday that the outbreak in the U.S. hasn't "even begun to see the end" of the coronavirus pandemic yet as scientists continue to work on potential drugs and vaccines for the virus. He said he's "cautiously optimistic" scientists will be able to create at least one safe and effective vaccine by the end of the year or early 2021.
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Biotech firm Moderna, which is working with the National Institutes of Health, and Johnson & Johnson are expected to begin late-stage human trials for potential vaccines by the end of this month. It's a record-breaking time frame to produce a vaccine — even as scientists say there is no guarantee the vaccines will be effective.
Fauci also said he expects the public to compare the Covid-19 pandemic to the 1918 pandemic flu, which killed around 50 million people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
He mentioned the "extreme" range of symptoms people can experience after contracting the virus, including pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome. PMIS is a rare inflammatory condition found in children with Covid-19 that's similar to Kawasaki syndrome and has caused neurological damage in some kids.
"We learn things every week," he said.
The comments by Fauci come as the rift between Trump and the nation's top infectious disease expert widens. Just last week, the president, who has previously said the pandemic was nearing its end, criticized Fauci's response to it.
During an interview Thursday with Fox News' Sean Hannity, Trump said, "Dr. Fauci's a nice man, but he's made a lot of mistakes.
"They've been wrong about a lot of things, including face masks," he said. "Maybe they're wrong, maybe not. A lot of them said don't wear a mask, don't wear a mask. Now they're saying wear a mask. A lot of mistakes were made, a lot of mistakes."
However, Trump has often been seen without a mask despite recommendations from the CDC and the World Health Organization that people wear them as a way to slow the spread of the virus. Scientists say the virus can spread through respiratory droplets that pass when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Studies suggest the masks may help limit transmission.
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On Saturday, Trump wore a mask in public for the first time while visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
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KANKAKEE – Governor Pat Quinn today announced more than $11.6 million in capital investments for construction projects in Iroquois and Kankakee Counties. The upgrades are part of Governor Quinn's agenda to create jobs and drive Illinois' economy forward.
"These construction projects will improve transportation safety and efficiency in Iroquois and Kankakee Counties," Governor Quinn said. "Additionally, they will employ a number of construction workers, which will help the local economy, as well."
The projects will be administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
The bridges carrying Interstate 57 over the Illinois Central Railroad south of Clifton will be upgraded for $5,977,777 by Dunnet Bay Construction of Glendale Heights, the lowest of three bidders.
Pavement patching will be done along Interstate 57 from the Ford County line to north of Gilman for $618,830 by Iroquois Paving Corporation of Watseka, the lowest of two bidders.
Interstate 57 will have about four miles of microsurfacing from 1.2 miles north of Illinois Route 54 in Onarga to 2.4 miles north of U.S. Route 24.
Microsurfacing Contractors, LLC, a Division of Byrne & Jones Enterprise, Inc. of St. Louis will do the work for $236,238.
Drainage improvements, parking lot resurfacing and sidewalk repairs will be made at the Kankakee River State Park by D Construction, Inc. of Coal City for $2,798,149, the lowest of four bids submitted.
Roadway cross- overs for the Interstate 57 bridges across the Kankakee River south of Illinois Route 17 will be built for $1,286,770 by Gallagher Asphalt Corporation of Thornton, the lowest of two bidders.
Patching and striping will be done on Illinois Route 1 from the Will County line to east of Grant Park for $377,543 by Gallagher Asphalt Corporation of Thornton, the lowest of four bidders.


Place rice, kombu, 750ml water and 1 tsp sea salt in a saucepan, bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to low, cover with a tight-fitting lid and cook without uncovering for 50 mins. Remove from heat and stand covered for 10 mins, then discard kombu and fluff up rice with a fork.
Combine tuna, kimchi and kimchi liquid, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil and sesame seeds in a bowl, toss to combine and stand to marinate lightly, 10 mins.
To serve, divide warm rice among serving bowls, top with tuna mixture and avocado, drizzle with any juices that remain from the tuna and scatter with spring onion and extra sesame seeds.


The Red Roof Inn Sacramento – Elk Grove is a budget friendly, family friendly hotel near to so many Sacramento area businesses and attractions.
Other comments: One well-behaved family pet per room is welcome. Dogs are not allowed in the lobby. Please let the front desk know that you will be bringing a dog with you. Dogs must be on leash at all times.


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03/09/2018 - Le Lapérouse
Le Lapérouse is the first of six expedition cruise ships that will be built for the French cruise company Ponant. Each of the ships will be named after a French explorer. For Le Lapérouse this is Jean François de La Pérouse from the 18th Century. Le Lapérouse is also the very first ship with an underwater lounge which enables passengers to look through a window below the waterline and experience the sea and its sounds. The ship has also been designed as an icebreaker. Le Lapérouse sails under the French flag, just like all the other ships of Ponant.
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Auto Mechanic needed, Brake and Front end. Busy shop in N Orange County. Must have own tools. Team Player.
Crating company in business over 40 years is seeking a crate builder/ wood worker for fulltime employment. Benefits, Health insurance, health days and vacation. Must be able to read a tape measure and have a valid California driver's license.
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Cookbook author Michelle Palm is reinventing our notion of the Jell-O shot with a new cookbook that explores the joy of consuming classic cocktails that wiggle. After friends and family were wowed by Palm's gelatin prowess at a backyard barbecue, she started up a blog, the Jelly Shot Test Kitchen, which contains a wealth of creative jelly-shot recipes (for those who can't get enough Potter-mania, check out one of her newest, the "Polyjuice Potion" shot). Infamy arrived quickly, Dolce & Gabbana came calling, so Palm created a jelly-shot based on the floral dresses in their campaign.
Now she's a cookbook author, able to jell "classic cocktails, one drink at a time." The Jelly Shot Test Kitchen rates recipes as "easy" to "advanced," from a Tom Collins to a Tequila Sunrise, this goes way beyond the Dixie cup you downed in college.
Tune in tomorrow for an exclusive recipe, based on a drink served at one of our own -- popular sushi spot Doraku on Lincoln Road.
New Times: Do you have a culinary background?
Michelle Palm: I work in finance, strangely enough, I don't have a culinary or cocktail background . . . just greatly enjoy both and entertaining in general.
So, how did your original fascination with jelly shots begin?
I wanted a fun addition to a backyard barbecue. I thought Jell-O shots would be fun, but given the attendees, I knew I had to amp it up a bit from the traditional flavored gelatin and vodka. I searched the internet for jello shot recipes made with real cocktail ingredients, came up empty handed, and proceeded to concoct my own recipes for that party, Cosmopolitan and Piña Colada. Both were huge hits with my friends, and they spurred me on to translate other cocktails into gelatin. Shortly thereafter, I started the JSTK blog, just to keep friends and family updated on new jelly shot creations.
Are you trying to rehab the Jell-O shot phenomenon?
My aim was simply to take a fun, pop-culture thing and make it fit for foodies. Oh, I suppose that is a definition of rehab, isn't it?
Do you think this falls under the newish heading of molecular gastronomy?
I would blush at the thought of calling my jelly shots molecular gastronomy! It's just good clean, alcohol infused fun with a couple envelopes of Knox added!
Do you have some tips that you have learned along the way when it comes to working with gelatin, for those of us making these at home?
Where do you get those fabulous molds?
My favorite mold supplier is Kerekes at BakeDeco.com. Good value, and huge variety!
What is your favorite jelly shot?
So many favorites! I have the classics from the book, the Negroni, the Pimms Cup, the Pina Colada, but there are always new jelly shots and seasonal favorites, too, like Blow Pop Martini and Bramble! Every new jelly shot gets its 15 minutes of fame in my sentiments.
What celebrity related shots have you created for special events?
I created an Elderflower Mojito Jelly Shot for Dolce & Gabanna's Swide magazine. I was inspired by their gorgeous spring campaign, featuring the long, flowing sheer dresses. The jelly shot was painted with organic food coloring to create the effect of a printed floral pattern on the jelly shot.
Don't forget, tomorrow we bring you the most Miami of all jelly shots - the "Fire Breathing Dragon."
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B.C. 'struggling' to meet needs of vulnerable youth in contracted care: auditor
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VICTORIA — British Columbia's auditor general says some of the province's most vulnerable youth in care are not receiving the support they need because of a lack of government oversight.
Carol Bellringer's office identified five major gaps in how the province manages about 100 contracted residential service providers, including a failure to set quality standards and monitor their work.
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"This led to a higher risk that children and youth weren't receiving the quality or type of services they needed because the ministry didn't know the quality of the placements it was using," Bellringer said during a teleconference Wednesday.
Contracted service providers offer group and family-type homes, food and services to about 1,150 children and youth who have high or complex needs that can't be met in the foster care system.
They are typically the most intensive and expensive of all care options and about 17 per cent of B.C. youth in care spent time in them last year.
Among the gaps identified, the report says the ministry has failed to understand the supply and demand in the system and plan accordingly, limiting the ability of social workers to match youth with placements based on their needs.
As a result, children and youth were often placed in a "reactive or emergency fashion" because of a lack of available beds in both foster care and contracted residential services.
"For example, we heard of a youth living in an emergency homeless shelter because of a lack of other available residential resources," the report says.
The ministry also needs to co-ordinate better with delegated Aboriginal agencies to ensure Indigenous children and youth are placed in homes with an Indigenous cultural component, which Bellringer said was often not the case.
"In the spirit of reconciliation, Indigenous groups should be involved in decision making that impacts their children and youth," Bellringer said.
Ministry staff responsible for managing contracts also didn't have the right training or support to do so, the report concludes.
The audit was prompted by a request from the Representative of Children and Youth, whose office has released multiple reports on gaps in care, Bellringer said.
The report makes four recommendations: developing a provincewide plan for contracted residential care providers, clarifying roles and responsibilities for policy development, communication and monitoring of service, establishing a quality assurance framework and improving management and oversight of the service providers.
The ministry is already working to fix some of the problems but more work needs to be done and some of the timelines for change need to be faster, Bellringer said.
"While we're very supportive of the fact that they've been taking action, there are some actions that will need a slight redirection," she said.
Katrine Conroy, Minister of Children and Family Development, says the government accepts the recommendations and will work closely with the office to address them.
"Nothing is more important than the safety and well-being of children and youth in care," Conroy said following the report's release.
"I said last summer that we needed to overhaul this system, and we welcome this report as part of that process."
The ministry has begun working to improve care services and imposed a moratorium on the creation of new contracted residential agencies last June, she said.
Social workers have also confirmed they have met with each child and youth in a contracted residential agency over the past three months to review their circumstances, the ministry says in a release.
It has also completed background and criminal record checks on more than 5,800 agency caregivers and new applicants, it says.
The ministry says it hired a private firm to review its contracting and payment process in December.
"We've made considerable improvements since last year when we acknowledged the problems and that was acknowledged in the auditor general's report."
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Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson filed a lawsuit against Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes Wednesday, alleging that Ailes sexually harassed her for years and, once his advances were rebuffed, created a hostile workplace environment before refusing to renew her contract.
Other behaviors detailed in the suit, however, fall in a grayer area, such as "ostracizing, marginalizing and shunning her," and calling her a "man hater" and "killer." In retaliation for her refusing to have a sexual relationship with him, Carlson claims that Ailes gave her a less prestigious time slot for her afternoon show, refused to let her be a guest commentator on other Fox shows, and eventually fired her.
Touching or assaulting someone is clearly illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, says Maya Raghu, director of workplace equality at the National Women's Law Center. But she says courts are constantly grappling with what types of behaviors or remarks rise to the level of "severe or pervasive conduct," the standard that hostile work environment sexual harassment allegations must meet.
Proving "severe or pervasive" conduct is a very high legal standard and often difficult to meet, Raghu says. With regard to the claim of retaliation, Carlson would need to demonstrate that Ailes' behavior was so bad that it had an adverse impact on her career.
"They're trying to figure out what is really severe or unbearable for someone. That's why you see in some cases people having to endure not just unpleasant but sexist remarks or behavior that courts find don't rise to the level of a hostile work environment," she says.
And it's not just in-person behavior that can be problematic these days. Social media, too, has opened up new avenues for harassment that courts are addressing more and more.
"Posting on Facebook or on Twitter, depending on what the content of the message was and how often they were sent, things like that, employers can be found liable in those circumstances," says Raghu.
High profile cases can also encourage other companies to be proactive in "examining their own culture and policies to try to prevent" such behavior from happening in the first place, Raghu says.


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GPs slow to adopt technology, conference hears
9-Nov-2011
Regulatory | Digital
Reforms threatened by GPs\' refusal to embrace change
A leading government sustainability expert has accused GPs of being too slow to adopt technology and embrace the 'care closer to home' agenda.
David Pencheon, director of the NHS Sustainable Development Unit (SDU), told delegates at last week's IHEEM Healthcare Estates Conference that as GPs will play a more central role in healthcare delivery and commissioning moving forward, they will have to find new ways of working.
He said: "I asked a number of GPs what percentage of their time was spent on telephone consultations, rather than face-to-face appointments or home visits, and the answers ranged from 60% to nothing.
"We are not talking modern technology here. This is about the telephone, which was invented years ago. We need to look at this and decide how we are going to deliver healthcare in the future and how we are going to look after thousands of patients with diabetes, for example. We do not want to bring them all into hospital. Things have got to be more flexible, but we are very slow to adopt new technology."
Jo Webber, deputy director of policy at the NHS Confederation, said that to ensure the service was sustainable, a balance needed to be found between providing direct patient care and empowering people to take more responsibility for their own health and wellbeing.
She added: "People expect a 24/7 service that is digitally enabled. People also want services that are personally tailored and some of the ways we currently deliver services are not personal.
"However, as much as we put remote systems in, we also need the personal touch of someone being there talking to people. We need to find the right balance between the 0% and 60% David was speaking about.
"Sustainability and high quality have to go hand in hand. We can simply slice services, but that will not get us where we need to go. We need to redesign services right across the system."
And this will mean GPs working much more closely with acute care trusts and community health and social care teams.
Nigel Edwards, a senior fellow at the King's Fund health thinktank and a director at healthcare consultancy, KPMG, said: "The models of care and business models are not futureproof as they stand."
And Duane Passman, 3T programme director for the estates and facilities team at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, added: "There is an opportunity to think more strategically about models of care in the future. We need to look at what is possible across the whole care pathway. We can't just cherrypick.
"With the Government reforms, there is an opportunity to look at how we commission all services and how primary care providers can affect that. Then we have to look at how we support that in the best way."
Essentially this will mean a lesser role for hospitals and a much greater role for GPs and community organisations.
Paul Kingsmore, IHEEM president, said: "Some key themes have emerged particularly around patient-centred care, clinical leadership of services and a focus on clinical outcomes. These changes have driven the Government's proposed commissioning strategy.
"In practical terms it means greater productivity and more care at home. We have talked about it for the last 20 years, but there is now a much bigger drive for that. Improving care is also a key theme and reshaping care delivery will be a fundamental challenge."
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In our little apartment, we have a few household plants ranging from the ever-popular "money" plant to the jasmine (called "malihai" in Tamil) plant (shown below), with which my Lord played His little leela.
In late summer (August) of 2000, due to the intense heat, this Malihai plant died. I was busy with my schooling and the other household members, too, neglected to care for and water this plant.
One day, after the heat wave subsided, I noticed its shriveled state and I immediately watered it. However, in spite of my efforts, the Malihai plant continued to dry up. All the leaves began to shrivel up and fall off. The main stem began to turn brown with each passing day. Soon, all that remained was the remains of a brown plant skeleton.
I continued to water this plant in the weeks that followed but to no avail. It was middle of October when I completely gave up on this plant. My mother, too, was saddened by the loss of this plant because when it bloomed She and I would almost always offer it to the Murugan picture that hangs on the wall in our house (see picture on left).
During the month of October, my mother and I were vigilant in observing the Navarathri Fast. Our thoughts and deeds were fixed on the contemplation of Divine Mother. However, we both knew that Kanthar Sashti would begin on Nov. 15, shortly after Navarathri ended.
The Malihai remained as I saw it in August, brown and dead. During Navarathri and up and until November 15, when Kanthar Sashti commenced, my mother attempted an innovative and interesting technique. She was saddened by the loss of the plant but was somehow determined to revive it by the time the Kanthar Sashti festival began so that she could offer the jasmine flower to Murugan. This was her heart-felt desire.
So, every morning, my mother would take some vibuthi in her hand and sing Thiru-Nyaana-Sambanthar Swamigal's (who is a divine aspect of Lord Murugan) Thiru-aalavaay pathigam ("manthira maavadhu neeru"). The first verse is given below.
The ash of Him of Aalavaay; In whom red-lipped Umaa dwells.
After singing the song, my mother would put the vibhuthi on the plant and then water it. She continued this every day, praying to Lord Murugan asking Him not to let the plant die. My mother wanted to offer the jasmine flower to Murugan like she used to do when the Malihai plant was alive back in July.
By the first day of Kanthar Sashti, the following miracle took place. The pictures below show the first bud sprouting from the once "dead" Malihai plant!
Additional pictures show the plant few days later in late November, with green leaves sprouting from the main stem, which returned to its original green color.
When my mother told me about this miracle that went unnoticed by everyone in our home, including myself, I was awestruck. I could not believe the vision that I saw with my eyes. What was dead for several months, suddenly revived itself through the Lord's Grace. From this leela of Bhagavan Murugan, I have learned that even the impossible (death) can be changed by Sri Skanda's blessings.
When the bud blossomed into a malihai flower, I plucked the flower, closed my eyes, thought of Sri Skanda's feet, touched the flower on my two eyes and offered it to the Lord Murugan picture that was hanging on our wall [see below].
Yesterday, I had a dream where I found myself in a house filled with many people seated on the floor. They were anxiously awaiting the arrival of a special person. I did not know who. Then as this special guest came to the house, I took a seat amongst the crowd. When I looked up at the figure, it was Sri Sathya Sai Baba. He was wearing the orange ochre robe.
As he came to me, I sat down and put a child beside me in my lap and told the child to pray to Baba. He came over and blessed the child and proceeded to go upstairs of the house. I followed him. He entered the washroom of the house and locked the door. I patiently waited outside and a little while later, Baba came out. He washed his hands and then wiped them on a towel and threw the towel to me. I caught and accepted it as a blessing from Baba. He seemed to be in a rush as he briskly went downstairs. I, too, quickly followed.
Surprisingly, he went and sat down (on the floor) beside a red chair, on the right-hand side (from my point of view). Baba then picked up a tray with something white on it. My attention was then diverted to the figure seated in the chair — especially the person's feet. I noticed a familiar position in the way the mysterious person was seated. His posture and silambu-adorned feet was one that I have seen before in my prayers and meditations. As I looked upwards to the person's face, I was in pure delight. It was Sri Skanda in all His glory!!!
During my meditations and prayers, I always close my eyes and concentrate on the feet of Bhagavan Skanda. But, no matter how hard I try, I cannot focus on the rest of Skanda's form; that of His face and upper body. So, in my dream, I looked up from Skanda's feet to see His entire form seated in the chair of our house. He looked and sat exactly as the picture seen on the cover of Hilda's book, Skanda. However, with two small differences - He only had two hands and no Vel. But, I noticed His crowned jewels, nice gold-coloured veshti, flower garlands, gold necklaces and anklets — exactly as pictured on your left.
He then beckoned me to come over to Him. When I looked at His princely face, it immediately changed to Ranjan's father's face (a devotee I personally know who has seen Lord Murugan with his two eyes!) and then quickly changed back to Skanda's princely form, which smiled at me with such divinity and grace. Bhagavan Sri Skanda then reached over to a tray held by Baba, who was kneeled at Sri Skanda's feet. Bhagavan Skanda picked up a flower from the tray and handed it to me. I looked at it — it was a very small flower. It was the same Malihai flower that I offered to Murugan when it bloomed from the once-dead Malihai plant! He then beckoned my father and mother. He presented them also with Malihai flowers, while Baba watched like a little child as he was seated at the feet of Lord Skanda. I then awoke.
1. He readily accepts anything, even a tiny Malihai flower, if offered with love.
2. Sri Sathya Sai Baba is a messenger or divine representative for Sri Skanda, and is to be respected.
3. Sri Skanda may choose to bless through Baba, his devotees (i.e. Ranjan's father — who has had real-life darshans of Lord Murugan), and that receiving blessings from them, is equivalent to receiving blessings directly from Skanda himself.
"If Sri Skanda's Lessons are heeded to and practiced (as instructed above) sincerely with full faith and devotion, Bhagavan Skanda will show some divine signs or create incidents (leelas) in the lives of those aspirants that are immediately relevant to the current lesson being studied."
"I shall instill with you this day the desire to choose your path that leads to the mountaintop where dwells Goddess Jyoti...I, Skanda, Son of Siva, am with you."
With this leela, Lord Skanda has increased my faith one hundred-fold and instilled within me the desire to walk the sacred path that leads to His Feet. Thank you my Dear Lord for your darshan, unconditional love, and blessings.